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The Mark and the Void
- Narrated by: Charlie Anson
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2016.
A comic masterpiece about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, from the author of Skippy Dies.
What links the Bank of Torabundo, www.myhotswaitress.com (yes, hots with an s, don't ask), an art heist, a novel called For Love of a Clown, a four-year-old boy named after TV detective Remington Steele, a lonely French banker, a tiny Pacific island, and a pest control business run by an ex-KGB man? You've guessed it....
The Mark and the Void is Paul Murray's madcap new novel of institutional folly, following the success of his wildly original breakout hit, Skippy Dies. While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale, is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. But Paul's plan is not what it seems-and neither is Claude's employer, the Bank of Torabundo, which inflates through dodgy takeovers and derivatives-trading until-well, you can probably guess how that shakes out.
The Mark and the Void is a stirring examination of the deceptions carried out in the names of art, love, and commerce - and is also probably the funniest novel ever written about a financial crisis.
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- sash
- 22-04-24
Laugh out loud loud funny with the best ever narration
It took me a little while to get into but one Remington appeared on the scene, I was completely hooked. Didn’t want it to end
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- ziiigggg
- 30-08-16
Intelligent writing that translAtes well to audio
Set in ireland in pre crash banking, various characters play out their different stories. There is a lot of humour and an anti capitalist theme, with touches of nihilism. Interesting points are made about human overpopulation ..yes there are way too many of us . There was a bit too much shouty dialogue in places that i hit forward on ..but overall this is a thought provoking listen as well as a good story that got me laughing a lot.
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- boo65
- 14-07-23
Wonderful - outstanding narration
Marvellous book - I didn’t want it to end and made all the better by the narration. Paul Murray’s books are guaranteed to make you smile but with a conscious whether it’s climate change or finance. There were parts I didn’t really understand about finance but this doesn’t detract too much from the overall message about fat cat bankers.
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- Coco
- 30-10-16
A modern day masterpiece!
Without saying too much, this was one of the most relevant, articulate, inspiring and lucid books I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
I now know what everyone I know is getting for Christmas this year!
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- jennifer Low
- 04-11-24
A Great Yarn Fantastically Read
This is a beautifully written novel, humorous, sensitive, creative... and how it has been read... I am in awe. I love it.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-08-24
Too big to fail
Another remarkable Paul Murray book. His banking knowledge is impeccable. It gets off to quite a slow, improbable start and is slightly bizarre in places but picks up pace. It is very well constructed and brilliantly narrated with such an array of accents. I loved Remington in particular.
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- Ms Molly
- 03-10-24
Thoughtful, intelligent and enlightening!
Great story told with skill . Excellent narration except,some characters’ voices were a little similar. Moving and funny at times. Really recommend
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- Energyimp
- 28-05-16
My favourite narrator to date!
I thoroughly enjoyed Charles Anson's performance of this book which made it easy to listen to and hard to put down. The story is good with some very funny lines, I recommend!
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- E. A. Watson
- 25-02-24
Right performer, right book
Spotless entertainment, Anson’s channelling of Murray’s comic cast is astoundingly good. One of the best narrated audiobooks ever, should be an i dustry benchmark.
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- Luke
- 27-07-19
Gets better and better
I wasn't entirely sure about this book to start with but the more I listened the better it got.
Firstly, the narration. Utterly brilliant. Just how somebody can do so many accents, effortlessly, is beyond me. Remington was such a joy every time he popped up!
The story was very good, well thought out and insanely clever. Paul Murray has a brilliant turn of phrase and and I am in awe of his writing abilities.
My only negative was that I didn't feel it was magical enough to get me hook, line and sinker. Hook and line certainly, but a very small part of me wasn't completely captivated by it as a whole.
Well worth a listen though especially if you fancy a hilarious insight into the world of finance.
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